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Revealed: Faces of fake estate agents wanted for rental con

04.08.11
Police are hunting conmen who fled with thousands of pounds after setting up a fake estate agency in a City office... more

Macmillan hit for £11m by Serious Fraud Ofice over African bribes

22.07.11
Macmillan, one of Britain's oldest publishing houses, paid more than £11 million in a deal with the Serious Fraud Office after it admitted trying to use bribery to win a major educational book contract in Southern Sudan... more

Von Essen's sale is hit by 'fraud' claim

12.07.11
The deadline for indicative bids for the von Essen Hotels group, which collapsed into administration in April, has not been extended in spite of suspicions of fraud raised by the administrators who have ordered the hotels to be sold... more

Music festival fans warned of fake tickets sold online

22.06.11
Music festival fans are being warned over websites selling fake tickets to the summer's top music events... more

Motorcycle gang caught on CCTV with £300k haul

03.06.11
Two men armed with axes burst into a jewellery store in the city and snatched watches worth more than £300,000... more

Playboy conman who scammed pensioners faces life in jail

11.03.11
Multi-millionaire fraudster faces up to 20 years in a US jail after admitting ripping off thousands of investors in Britain's biggest 'boiler room' scam ... more

Saddam Hussein's lawyer says fraud charges are 'politically motivated'

16.02.11
Saddam Hussein's lawyer arrested in Spain on British fraud charges said the allegations are 'politically motivated'... more

Five traders charged with insider dealing after FSA swoop

25.11.10
The Financial Services Authority charges five people, including former directors and a senior trader at a broking firm, with insider dealing in what is being seen as one of the biggest crackdowns in the City... more

Internet banking ‘less safe’, says police chief

19.11.10
Internet banking is less safe than having a traditional account, says one of Britain’s leading anti-fraud police officers... more

The spivs who are on the right side of the law

26.08.10
Police employ actors in a new campaign to educate people about the tricks used by fraudsters... more

Six charged in £4.5m iPhone Sim card scam

20.08.10
Police charge six people over an iPhone racket believed to have cost mobile phone firms £4.5million... more

Police show World Cup drunks the yellow card

12.04.10
Drunken football fans in the City face unprecedented monitoring before the World Cup, with police wearing cameras on their helmets to record anti-social behaviour and using a football-style penalty card system to remove troublemakers... more

FSA finds 1,000 names on 'boiler room' share scam list

15.03.10
The Financial Services Authority warns 1,000 people that their names are on a list being used to sell worthless shares... more

Driver suspended after 'stopping bus and beating up pedestrian’

16.02.10
A bus driver is suspended after he allegedly assaulted a pedestrian in front of hundreds of onlookers... more

Fraudsters target 10,000 names with non-existent shares scam

01.02.10
Police issue an alert to thousands of people whose details are on a 'master list' being used by criminals... more

Harry Redknapp 'confident' of acquittal over tax evasion charges

15.01.10
Video: Tottenham Hotspur football boss Harry Redknapp was 'confident' of clearing his name after being accused of an estimated £40,000 tax evasion... more

Drugs gangs move into financial fraud

06.01.10
Crime gangs normally associated with the drugs trade are turning to fraud and recruiting corrupt employees in banks and financial institutions, a senior police officer warned... more

No charges against David Sullivan and Karren Brady

07.08.09
The co-owner and chief executive of Birmingham will not be prosecuted after a two-year police investigation into suspected tax irregularities... more

Victims of £80m fraud are 'in denial'

20.07.09
Hundreds of victims of an £80million pyramid fraud are in denial that they have been ripped off, say police... more

Promoters face jail over £1m airline ticket fraud

01.07.09
Three concert promoters face jail after admitting a £1million airline ticket fraud to fly in musicians and models for Salsa events across Europe... more

Police claim Ian Tomlinson could have been attacked by fake G20 cop

01.07.09
Family of Ian Tomlinson were told by a senior investigator he may have been assaulted by a police impersonator shortly before he collapsed and died... more

Woman hunted over £10million mortgage fraud

11.06.09
A woman suspected of carrying out a £10million mortgage fraud is being sought by detectives... more

Harry Redknapp police quiz ' a mere formality', say Spurs

02.06.09
Football: Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp was questioned by police as "a mere formality" as part of the investigation into alleged corruption in English football, the club has said... more

Police bail pair arrested in £50 million fraud probe

22.05.09
Two men arrested over a suspected fund management fraud worth more than £50 million were bailed, police said... more

Driver held as runaway van kills woman tourist

27.04.09
Police have launched an investigation after a woman was crushed to death by a runaway delivery van in front of lunchtime City workers... more

New evidence emerges in football bungs probe

11.11.08
Police are investigating new evidence in the football corruption inquiry. City of London Police say they are examining further claims involving some of football’s leading figures... more

Detectives examine new claims in football corruption inquiry

11.11.08
Police are investigating new evidence in the football corruption inquiry, the Standard can reveal... more

You're booked! Now the police hand out yellow cards

08.09.08
Aggressive drinkers in the City are being handed "yellow cards" banning them from the area for up to 48 hours... more


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